Chapter 875: Far Away

Four years later, inside the cave dwelling on the main peak of the Son-Mother Peak, the beautiful young woman transformed by Silver Moon was waiting outside a secret room that had never been opened.

She, who had been using green liquid to ripen spiritual herbs yesterday, suddenly heard Han Li's spiritual sense transmission. Therefore, she was waiting here today for Han Li to come out of seclusion.

The door to the seclusion room, which hadn't been opened for several years, didn't make Silver Moon wait long before it finally creaked and slowly rose.

Silver Moon's bright eyes swirled as she raised her head to look. But Han Li's figure did not appear inside the door; instead, a gust of pitch-black, misty Yin wind suddenly blew out. After a low, light laugh, a black cloud about a zhang large suddenly shot out from inside, flashing and disappearing as it charged straight toward Silver Moon.

Silver Moon was startled and hurriedly retreated several steps, her beautiful face losing color as she looked toward this object.

The black cloud suddenly stopped, its surface pitch-black and shiny, like black silk.

"This is..." Silver Moon's thoughts turned slightly, and she vaguely guessed something in her heart.

"How is it? The Second Nascent Soul has been cultivated to this degree; it should be considered a great success, right?" The black cloud suddenly condensed and transformed, instantly becoming a black-green infant about an inch tall, and spoke in human language.

"Congratulations to Master for the great success of your divine abilities!" Silver Moon smiled sweetly, then bowed to the Nascent Soul.

This Nascent Soul looked exactly the same as Han Li's main Nascent Soul in appearance and demeanor, except for being slightly smaller.

"Refining the Second Nascent Soul completely so quickly truly exceeded my expectations. But after it's done, there's a somewhat strange feeling," familiar words came from the secret room, and Han Li's figure finally appeared at the doorway and walked out.

At this time, the black-green Nascent Soul grinned, shot toward Han Li on its own, circled once, and landed on Han Li's hair bun.

"Possessing two autonomous Nascent Souls, it's naturally different from the previous feeling. But once Master gets used to it, it will be fine," Silver Moon raised her head to look at Han Li, pursing her lips and smiling lightly.

"Oh! Listening to your tone, it seems you know something about the Second Nascent Soul. Do you remember something related to it?" Han Li's eyes flickered, somewhat interested.

"This servant doesn't know clearly. I don't know why I just said it out loud. Perhaps I really did know some similar divine abilities before," Silver Moon was startled and answered honestly.

Hearing Silver Moon's explanation, Han Li nodded and didn't say anything. But the Nascent Soul on his head suddenly flipped its small hands, and a small banner appeared, which it began to play with.

This object was pitch-black and shiny; it was precisely that Yin-Luo Banner that had absorbed enough demonic energy!

"Master's Second Nascent Soul looks like this; could it be that you cultivated a demonic path cultivation technique?" Silver Moon saw this scene, glanced at the Nascent Soul again, and couldn't help but ask.

"The Second Nascent Soul is refined; naturally, I must let it possess some divine abilities. But it has no physical body of its own and cannot cultivate techniques independently. I first used my own body and the pure demonic energy in the Yin-Luo Banner to assist it in cultivating some profound changes of the Profound Yin Technique. As for whether I should truly let it possess a physical body, I am still hesitating. If the Second Nascent Soul possesses a body, it is very easy to attract backlash. I have to be careful," Han Li said with a frown upon hearing Silver Moon's question. Then, he patted the top of his head with one hand, black light flashed, and the Nascent Soul dove into the top of his head, disappearing without a trace.

And within Han Li's spiritual sense, it was very clear that in the place where the main Nascent Soul was meditating in the dantian, the Second Nascent Soul sat cross-legged opposite it, sitting still and motionless.

"Master being cautious is naturally as it should be. This Profound Mother Infant Transformation Technique has never been heard of before. And other cultivators' incarnation techniques mostly cultivate divided spirits or divided souls. The higher-tier ones, like that Divine Master Zhong of the Mulan, just use great divine abilities to forcibly split their primordial spirit," Silver Moon tilted her head and agreed.

"Hehe! Their incarnation techniques, although they don't essentially increase anything, still have some wonderful uses in dealing with multiple opponents or saving one's life; it can be considered a powerful means! Alright, don't talk about this. During this period, did anything happen to the cave dwelling?" Han Li said a few words, then waved his hand to ask, while lifting his legs to walk toward the main hall.

"After Master went into seclusion for a year, Miss Mu successfully formed her Core. I followed your instructions and sent the Inverted Phoenix Nourishing Technique and some other pills useful for the Core Formation stage to her. And Miss Nangong is also safe and sound within the restriction; the Soul-Sealing Curse is gradually weakening under the power of the Fire Toad Pill. I estimate that even without the curse-breaking incantation, it should be lifted in another hundred years. Of course, this is just this servant's speculation; Master should still take a look yourself," Silver Moon followed behind Han Li with light steps, answering one by one.

Hearing two pieces of good news as soon as he came out of seclusion, Han Li felt joy in his heart. Just as he wanted to ask about other matters, Silver Moon spoke again.

"There is one more thing I must report to Master. Those Six-Winged Frost Centipede larvae, after continuously eating Neon Clothes Grass all these years, logically should have grown rapidly and split and evolved. But I don't know why, these larvae are growing extremely slowly; they have only molted once and haven't split again."

"Molted?" Hearing this, Han Li's footsteps paused, and a trace of doubt appeared on his face.

"Yes, after molting, these centipedes seem much more powerful. And these past few days, they have become irritable again, as if they are about to molt again," Silver Moon bit her red lips lightly, her footsteps also slowing down as she said.

"Let's go to the insect room and take a look first," Han Li frowned, then said expressionlessly.

He changed direction and took the lead in walking toward another passage, which was the road to the insect room.

After a moment, Han Li appeared before the insect room. He walked a few steps to a hole in the side wall of one of the insect rooms and looked inside.

Before he could see clearly what was inside, he first felt a chill rushing toward his face. Everywhere Han Li's gaze reached was a patch of crystal brightness.

I saw that in the small insect room, both the top and the four walls were thick ice that was translucent and flashing. On the ground, there were several ice mountains of varying sizes standing there. On the ice, there were several deep holes the thickness of a bowl, with several snow-white centipedes half a foot long wandering in and out.

As spirit insects that had been blood-bound, as soon as Han Li appeared, these centipedes sensed something. After a commotion, the few outside immediately shot toward Han Li, and the few in the holes also crawled out rapidly, similarly floating up and flying.

Han Li waved his hand, removed the restriction on the hole, and then with a movement of his spiritual sense, these centipedes transformed into an inch in size amidst white light, dancing up and down before him.

He raised his hand, and one palm nimbly grabbed one of them.

From the color, these larvae were still as snow-white as they were initially, but two small, slightly protruding bumps appeared on their backs, and the rest of the places remained unchanged.

After finishing his look at the spirit insect in his hand, Han Li couldn't help but stand in place and ponder.

Silver Moon arrived behind Han Li, standing obediently to one side, not saying a word.

At this time, Han Li extended a finger and sent it to the mouth of the centipede in his hand. With a "Puff" sound, blue flames appeared on his finger.

And that centipede opened its mouth, and a thin chill sprayed out from its mouth, hitting the blue flames.

Immediately, the blue flames on his finger rose several times, and instantly wrapped all this chill within them.

Han Li slowly closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something.

"These centipedes are much more powerful after molting. It seems that splitting and devouring and continuously molting are no different."

Han Li opened his eyes, flicked his finger, and the blue flames disappeared without a trace.

"As for why they no longer split and devour each other, there's nothing strange about it. Which of these ancient spirit insects isn't strange and bizarre? Perhaps it can only split a few times itself, or perhaps they underwent some mutation under the ripening of the Neon Clothes Grass, losing this ability. Anyway, as long as I can still use green liquid to let them continue to advance, it doesn't matter," Han Li said indifferently.

"Since Master says so, this servant can rest easy," Silver Moon heaved a sigh of relief, revealing a sweet smile, appearing extremely charming.

Han Li turned a blind eye to this, instead turning back to walk toward the main hall while saying in a deep voice.

"After coming out of this seclusion, we will rest for a bit, and then we must go to Great Jin. Whether it's to solve the demonic energy on my body or to find rare materials, this trip is imperative. Moreover, no matter how effective the Fire Toad Pill in Wan'er's body is, I am still worried about accidents. It's best to find the curse-breaking incantation from the Yin-Luo Sect to be absolutely safe. This is also the reason why I painstakingly cultivated the Second Nascent Soul first. Who knows what kind of danger I will encounter in Great Jin."

"So that's how it is. But with Master's divine abilities, even in Great Jin, there are not many who can do anything to Master," Silver Moon curled her lips and said with a smile.

"Hehe, the cultivation world has many strange treasures and bizarre techniques; this is not necessarily the case. Moreover, I have already offended the demonic cultivators of the Yin-Luo Sect. If they discover me, it will definitely be a lot of trouble. It's better to be more careful. Now, I will go see Wan'er's situation first, and by the way, meet Senior Brother Cheng and the others to see how many materials are still lacking for refining puppets and the Seven-Flame Fan. If everything goes smoothly, we will choose a day to set off and leave this place in at most ten days or half a month."

"Yes, Master! This servant also wants to see what Great Jin, known as the holy land of cultivation, looks like?"

Han Li and Silver Moon's voices gradually faded away, and the insect room soon became quiet again.

Half a month later, an azure rainbow flew out from Mount Mount Yunmeng, flying away toward the south.

And not long after, some well-informed cultivators simultaneously received news that the famous Elder Han of the Falling Cloud Sect had suddenly left Mount Mount Yunmeng and gone on a long journey.

No one knew exactly where he went; perhaps he was wandering around Heavenly South, or perhaps he had left the Heavenly South territory entirely.

After a commotion, the Heavenly South cultivation world became calm again, and Han Li's departure did not stir up any waves.

The Ancient Sword Gate and the Hundred Crafts Academy of Mount Mount Yunmeng remained honest toward the Falling Cloud Sect, without the slightest movement. The Falling Cloud Sect's status as the number one sect of the Xi Kingdom seemed to have become as stable as Mount Tai.

Year after year passed; some cultivators whose lifespan was coming to an end passed away or went into seclusion, while batch after batch of new faces appeared one after another in the Heavenly South cultivation world.

But once Han Li left, he disappeared without a trace. For over a hundred years, there was no news...

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